Photo credit: Global Panorama, Flickr Good news for Dads: Harvard researchers say the key to being a better parent is – literally – all in your head. In a study in mice, Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Howard...
I am happy to announce that my book, "Is That Me Yelling? A Parent's Guide To Getting Your Kids To Cooperate Without Losing Your Cool, is now out in book stores and online. It's been a labor of love to write about ways parents can become more familiar...
Louise Godbold , co-executive directorofEcho Parenting & Education in Los Angeles, Calif.,is a frequent contributor to ACEs Connection. Q: When did you learn about ACEs, and how did that change your work (or life)? A: Echo Parenting & Education (where I am the Co-Executive Director) first learned about ACEs from Gabriella Grant of the California Center of Excellence for Trauma-Informed Care. She trained us on the ACE Study and the effects of trauma on the...
When we hear that someone succumbed to peer pressure or conformed to group expectations, we are inclined to think about it in negative terms. We imagine a young person smoking his first cigarette or an adult parroting the consensus of her community....
The left images show the brain during concentrative meditation, while images to the right show the brain during nondirective meditation. Credit: Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Meditation is more than just a way to calm our...
Photo credit: Doug Dubois, GQ This engaging article raises many questions about the role of a trauma-informed approach in healing and helping traumatized families and communities. Three years ago, Camden ranked as one of the poorest cities...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons Providing patient-centered care consistently in clinical practice requires practitioners who are able to recognize that different clinical situations require different approaches and are skilled enough to adapt....
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons New findings published by researchers at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering are helping to unravel the complex interplay between alcohol and social behavior and may lead to new therapies for...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons Across the United States, urban leaders are implementing a powerful idea: To compete, they need play. In order to attract and retain the businesses, jobs and residents who breathe energy and enterprise into their...
We're often told to "forgive and forget" the wrongs that we suffer -- it turns out that there may be some scientific truth behind the common saying. A study from researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland shows that the details of a...
Forgiving ourselves for hurting another is easier if we first make amends -- thus giving our inner selves a "moral OK," according to Baylor University psychology researchers. The research, published in The Journal of Positive Psychology,...
Cycling through Oxnard, CA, I got my second flat. Luckily for me it was just as I was approaching A Street in downtown Oxnard where the town square is located. Across the plaza, I spotted a Starbucks and walked my bike over. Parking the bike at an...
Domestic violence affects a third of women worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. In many cases nobody knows of the suffering, and victims aren't able to get help in time. That's why in many countries, including the U.S., there's been...
If you tell your doctor you'd like to stop drinking, odds are he's not going to give you a pill. That's too bad, a study says, because there are medications that can help people with drinking problems get off the sauce. And they're not going to make...
Photo Source: WikiMedia Commons Many schools in England are neglecting -- and may be actively harming -- students' health and wellbeing, warn experts in an editorial published on bmj.com today. Professor Chris Bonell at the Institute...